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Originally Posted by Virgil
Hey, Pen -- can there be multiple entries from the same
LitNet participant?
Auntie
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Originally Posted by Virgil
Hey, Pen -- can there be multiple entries from the same
LitNet participant?
Auntie
The rule is one per person in our contests so far. This is your contest, so it's up to you. Do you feel like judging a whole slew of poems? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AuntShecky
For the sake of that old hobgoblin consistency, we'll keep the rules for the Form Poetry Contest the way it's always been: one entry per participant.
Thank you Antiquarian-that really makes my day!:)
That was too funny!!!:thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Miss Monica Lewinsky
got down on her knee
Asking about what would follow:
"Mr. President, should I spit or swallow?"
:blush: Oh Shannon. :lol: I think you surpassed me.Quote:
Originally Posted by _Shannon_
LOL! Somehow I don't think that'd win in a magazine....
Great - and then there's this joke:Quote:
Originally Posted by _Shannon_
President Clinton was about to play a round of golf with some friends. As they got ready to tee off, he removed his jacket. Stuck to his upper left arm, was a pair of silk panties. Nobody in the group had enough nerve to ask about it, so they played the entire eighteen holes as usual. The panties remained stuck to Clinton’s arm.
When the game was completed, and they were having a drink at the club, one of the group got up enough courage to ask:
"Mr. President, what's the story on those panties you have stuck to your arm?"
"It's a patch,” Clinton answered. “I'm trying to quit."
Rofl!!
Depends on the magazine. Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler, etc. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by _Shannon_
Well- I only read Playboy for the articles...
Just a quick reminder that the deadline for submitting
a clerihew for the current form poem contest is
July 9
July 9 -- less than one week from today -- is the deadline for entries in the "Clerihew" contest.
Here's my entry:
Miss Amy Winehouse
lives with Bert, a fine louse.
In her backcombed nest of hair
is his lair.
Last Chance to post an entry in the Clerihew contest!
Barring a crash from my PC -- or yours truly -- the winner will be announced on National Clerihew Day -- Thursday,
July 10, 2008.
So get those Clerihews posted!
Bravo! for Edmund Hillary,
conquered the Big Chill for he,
unlike those forsaking want for need,
achieved his lifelong quest indeed.
Strike a pose Madonna
Some people call you bwana
Near fifty you're still surgin'
Just not quite like a virgin.
Happy Clerihew Day, everybody!
I never thought that I'd ever have anything in common with Red Sox manager Terry Francona, but bringing his team to a World Series victory last year carried with it a responsibility -- of managing the AL team in this year's All-Star Game. So for me, it was an honor to have the privilege of picking the form for the current contest, but also the very difficult responsibility of choosing the winner!
Thanks so much to all of you for submitting entries, which varied from truly "historical" figures such as Charlemagne
to fictional characters, such as Sherlock Holmes, to current
celebs. Everyone is a winner to me.
But-- here goes. Pendragon and Virgil get SPECIAL COMMENDATION for quantity. Pen showed his poetic virtuosity by posting (in a separate thread) a clerihew for every single American President. Virgil has a blog full of funny, yet risque, clerihews. (Mr. Clerihew himself reminds me of a late Victorian, so wherever he is, he's blushing while he laughs at his namesake quatrains by Virgil.)
First Runner-UP -- The very funny clerihew about Einstein
by QIMISSUNG
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Originally Posted by qimissung
And the winner is. . .
Ampoule!
As the winner, Ampoule gets to choose the form for the next contest, and also the difficult task of choosing the next winner.Quote:
Originally Posted by ampoule
Thanks again, everyone, for writing your entertaining verses. Mr. Clerihew would be very proud.
(PS -- I called him Mr. Clerihew because we don't call his poems "Bentleys." And I have no idea of what kind of auto he drove.)
:eek: Oh nooooooo! I mean....thank you but oh noooooo. Now I have to get in shape, I mean form! I have to pick a form and as those of you who know me know (know me know me know...a little Strangers in the Night) I have absolutely no form. But I will try my best to hold up my end...wait! That doesn't sound right.
Sincerely Auntie, I am very honored that you would choose my Clerihew. Thank you so much. And Happy Clerihew Day to you too!
A woman of words that Aunt Shecky
Knows forms like the back of her necky
Asked what will they do with this Clerihew
Judging done hoots tu-whit tu-whoo!
I'll be back.:D
Mind-blowing, madame ampoule. :D So, next? :)
Congratulations, Amp! Each line in this really fit like a dovetail joint.
Very good Amp. Congrats. I'll be looking for your new form. :)
Congratulations ampoule. Yours was clever and funny. I liked the Edmund Hillary one, too, firefangled. And thank you AuntShecky, for first runner-up. I had a lot of fun thinking it up. I read all of Virgil's, and now I'll have to check out all of Pendragon's.
Where can I find Pendragon's clerihew's?
Thanks you guys, that's very nice of you.
Boo hoo. I wanted to use the column poem for the next contest but alas there is no column feature here. :( So I will go browse some more and come up with something by morning.
http://www.online-literature.com/for...o_threadratingQuote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
And congratulations, Lady Amp! :thumbs_up :) :D
Okay, here we go:
Double Acrostic (Place/Something it is known for)
Deadline....August 1st, 2008
An acrostic is a composition in verse in which the initial letter of each line, read down, forms a word. For THIS competition your poem must also end with an acrostic but the word will be formed from bottom to top. To make this even more difficult, or perhaps easier for some, the word formed at the beginning has to be a favorite place, like your hometown or a place you like to go, and the end word must tell something about that place. Here is my short example:
Meditation by ampoule
P...Y...Ponder places you've been merry
A...A...A beach, a party, a simple tea
R...L...Return there with your mind, the portal
K...P...Knowing there the peace you'll keep
You may use any number of lines. I hope this makes sense and I hope you will have fun with it.
Here is a good site to read all about the history of acrostics: http://www.boloji.com/potry/learningzone/pkz13.htm However, do not get confused, their double acrostic is a little different than mine.
Congratulation, ampole. This form is a challenge.
Mental anguish disaffects.
Only ravines and crevices direct;
Useless equipment eludes the reach
Never meant to support the leg.
This turn of freight rifts ennui.
Attention grafts in evidence
In serious crisis, to a rash,
Nestled nests in succession of cliffs disparate.
Still reserves of reverent zeal
Infuse the mountain's travelling fauna
Duplicated in the bric-a-brac
Emulated by the lost climbers.
And you, alakungfu, have met that challenge. Good job and thanks!
Vacation Spot
Coming here is like coming home
Always finding that there is peace and magic
Problems just disappear like dream data
Enjoying the sand and the sun and sail
However I cannot always saddle up
Although I would remain adrift
The sea calls to me like a lover’s kiss
The sea beckons like Mozart’s music magically
Every night I hear its deep calling roar
Reminding me of what I miss most
Again to walk the shoreline daily
Seeking summer freedom…
Pendragon
© Sunday, July 13, 2008
Wow! This is turning out to be more fun than I thought it would be.
Roaming youth, visiting the home
Of Juno, Jupiter, Vulcan,
Michelangelo, Fellini, da Vinci;
Eternal City, laid back is your leit motiv;
Infamous, it’s where great Caesar lived who proclaimed “Veni, vidi, vici,”
Totally conquering hearts where gladiators trod;
Art, architecture, The Chapel, churches, stupendous food, sun-abundant,
Live in my heart-your free spirit does not mar;
You sing eternally in me, an aria.
That was fun-and a challenge.
what's this?
i don't get it...:confused:
A trip down memory lane, full of desires
sends one into a sensation, like a thousand fires
yearning and praying for more than mundane
leaving mentality to those with refrain
utopias in a dreamland seem almost at hand
megalomaniacs, everyone in order from z to a
secret schemes to cleanse the world end merely with a scream
haha not as good as i`d like but it was a real challenge and actually more fun than i`d thought it would be.
l0l-that's just crazy talk! :lol:
Yours is good, by the way-as are alakungfu's and pendragon's. It's just as much fun to figure out what everyone's writing about as it is to read the actual poems, imo.
You guys are greater than great! What am I going to dooooooooo?????